Lightning Is the Only Way

"How come the esteemed Lightning Guild deigns to visit our poor little Fire Guild," said a red-haired man with thick sarcasm dripping from his voice. He was cleaning his nails with his red sword while talking, clearly showing his disdain for the uninvited visitor.

"Don't be an ass, Flern!" said a woman with long silver hair, annoyed at the leader of the Fire Guild in Earth Town. She carried a long and thin spear on her back as she sat in front of him. She wore blackish-blue robes, clearly showing that she was from the Lightning Guild. "You already know why I am here."

Flern only smiled slyly as he continued to clean his nails. "You tried to hunt down a rogue disciple of yours and failed," he stated plainly. "And now you want to work together with us to hunt him down, yes? I did get that right, right Escura?" he asked rhetorically as he put down his sword and turned to her. "But what's in it for us?"

The woman, Escura, narrowed her eyes. "He has stolen everything from one of our Proxy-Guilds. If you manage to be of actual help, I'll give you half of it," she offered.

Flern laughed lightly. "Half the wealth of a Proxy-Guild? That could give us a lot of contribution points if we hand it over. That's an interesting offer. Are you actually able to make such a call, Escura? You are only the head of a town, after all."

Escura's expression didn't change. "I can make the call. Taking revenge for our Proxy-Guild is more important than the stolen wealth. So? Will you accept to cooperate or not?" she asked directly. They both sat a distance away from each other, clearly showing that they were not on friendly terms.

"Don't tell me you can't hunt a newly advanced disciple? You're in the sixth level of Magic Gathering, after all. Why would you need our help?" Flern still wasn't finished being a dick.

Escura showed immense patience by keeping up her neutral look. "He has a strong body and immense lightning resistance. I would definitely defeat him in a head-on fight, but I can't guarantee that he won't get away. I don't want to defeat him. I want to kill him!"

Flern laughed as he heard that and lifted his sword. He stood up and grinned at Escura. "The Fire Guild is always ready for a fight. If it also brings treasure, even better. When do we go?" he asked as he looked at her with battle-intent.

ago. If we hurry, we can still catch up," she narrated as she took out two black leather gloves and put them on. "I hope you can

but we have our own ways." Flern turned to the center of the hall, where 40 disciples currently sat, ready for battle. "To battle!"

The other twenty disciples looked at them with disdain. People from the Fire Guild were always such hotheads. No wonder their

her eyes. Lightning crackled as every disciple released curved lightning bolts from their bodies, which hit the ground. Everyone was lifted off the floor for

shot away in a

only grinned maliciously. "Ready the Fire

his lightning, his speed could double, but he wanted to keep his Energy reserves full for all eventualities. Gravis' next target was finding an Energy Beast since Gravis had not tested his strength properly ever

roars. He had met some demonic beasts along the way, but he wasn't interested in those since they were of no help anymore. He continued searching until he saw a gigantic bird flying in

wind pushed them forward. It carried a ten-meter-long high-grade demonic beast in its talons as it flew into one specific direction, which probably meant that it was returning to its

is not an easy task. Birds are already the fastest existing beasts, and this one also has the wind element, which is also the

only one I could find. So, might as well hunt it," he grumbled to himself, as he chased the bird. Gravis' body released curved lightning bolts all around, but in comparison to the disciples of the Lightning Guild, his body didn't

curved lightning hit the ground, it immediately straightened as the earth absorbed it and pulled. The straightening of the lightning bolts shot Gravis' body

Gathering Realm used this method to move incredibly quickly. Their Energy was more powerful than their bodies, so the physical body's addition to speed would not make much of a difference.

Gravis' speed on legs and his speed on lightning was about the same. If

speed every time

only barely keep up with the casually flying Energy Beast. Just by seeing this, Gravis could imagine its

hold hands to surround, and its crown shot through the clouds in the sky.